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you start looking at the individual stones and
recognize them for their beauty,” says landscape architect Andrew Magee of Norfolk,
Massachusetts. “And when you stand back,
the fireplace has a more definite feel.”

To better accommodate the new outdoor
ace, Magee raised the grade of the lawn, creating a smooth transition from porch to grass,
and planted peonies and irises on three sides
of the terrace to soften the look of the stone.

“As you go from the inter to exterior, there is definitely
a progression of scale,” says
Boston-based interior designer
Mike Witt, who enhanced
Chapman’s indoor/outdoor design
for the outside kitchen with classic furniture
profiles and finishes and fabrics that mimic
those indoors.

The fireplace’s oversize hearth, which
as cut from a 2-foot-thick slab of stone,

extends far enough out on either side to double as a bench. That, combined with the
wicker seating, offers the family a casual place
to relax by the fire as dinner cooks on the grill.
When it comes time to eat, the teak outdoor

the 42-inch lynx grill gives the Haddens
enough space to cook large meals, while the
counters on both sides serves as a holding
platform for food next up on the grill. A built-in
hood provides exhaust for the smoky grill.